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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
4
The newspaper notes it is published every Wednesday by editor B L Poindexter with a 1902 Dilton Montana registration. Subscription is two dollars per year in advance and mailing continues until subscribers cancel or settle arrears.
The Dillon Examiner pledges to advertisers the largest bona fide paid circulation in Beaverhead County. Subscription records and mailing lists are open for advertiser inspection.
Montana officials press for full participation in the 1910 agricultural census. Commissioner Hall argues detailed returns on yields, livestock, and income will showcase Montana’s resources, attract investment, and raise land values over the next decade. The census aims to reflect large farm occupancy and reader interest nationwide.
Mrs. Smith returns to work at the Laurel college amid campus greetings. Miss Thornton visits at the dormitory while Miss Thomas resumes postgraduate studies. Juniors invite seniors to a Saturday gym party. Mayme Hayes returns from Minnesota after treatment and resumes duties. Gertrude Slocum fractures her right ankle and is casted. The Whitney Brothers quartet performs at the Normal assembly hall as the third lecture in the course. Mr. N. S. Wood mails a box of apples for Christmas before holidays. The German conversation club meets Friday in dorm parlors. A Chinaman game with a humorous tree scene is planned. Dr. Rathbone recounts his European tour and Berlin highlights to students.
Will Rossa returns after a three week absence as three Dillon boys recount the Helena and Deer Lodge basketball trips. Helena won 25 to 8 at home while Deer Lodge edged Dillon 25 to 11 after a delayed return and limited warm up. Prof. Foote accompanied the students back Sunday evening.
The Inter Mountain editorial argues that government statistics about Montana farms show higher yields per acre and better prices than other states. It asserts the commissioner needs statewide cooperation to ensure accurate reporting and a true measure of agricultural performance.
The fragment mentions a Wednesday night event where Jonels was served, a coin born to Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Morton of Ashton Idaho on December third, and Nellie Hungate planning to leave for Oregon for a winter stay in a few days.
Warranty deeds record transfers from Benjamin Bond to Calvin V Bond and Mary Bond for 57 acres on Kentucky Avenue and from State Bank of Dillon to Thomas J Mulaney for 240 acres in Big Hole Basin. Other deeds include George Buck to Ross D McConky for two Dillon lots and Archie E Hudson to Martin Butch for 14 Barnett addition Lots plus John V Crang to Martin Butch for one Barnett lot. Additional transfers cover Mary Stauach er to Dillon Lot, Matt Polish to Aggie Polish for 320 Willis acres, quit claim from Stephen Cook to Lucie M Walker for water rights, patents to heirs of John C Poin dexter and to Matins Polish, and water rights in Beaverhead valley. Decree of distribution for Alpheus C Soper estate, annual labor claims in Bloody Dick district, and filings for Swartz Sheep Company and Dillon Dry Goods Company plus occupancy notice for Charles FE Edwards and 160 acres on Horse Prairie.
C A Smith urges horse owners to prepare and list stock for Dillon Montana’s horse sale to be held at the stock yards in late February 1910. Buyers are told fattening horses will fetch better prices as markets improve with farming public works and state growth. Owners must list by January for printed bills.
Newsy notes from Lima report Mre A F Waldorf and con Morse in town on Sunday. C Veardorf visited Dillon at week’s start. KE Keller and wife visited friends in Dillon. J D Brandenburg handled business in Dillon last week. Sheriff Goaman of Dillon appeared in Lima on official business. Delta Lodge No 15 K of P hosted a card party for friends.
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